Cobble Hill Hospital Closure Delayed Again; March Sunday

A judge has for the third time temporarily prevented Cobble Hill’s Long Island College Hospital from closing, according to The New York Daily News. Monday the court issued a temporary restraining order preventing the shutdown, and set a new hearing date for May 2. Previously, hospital execs planned to close the facility as soon as June 17. Meanwhile, advocates for the hospital have been busy. They hosted a fundraiser at Montero’s Saturday night, put out a dramatic TV ad that shows a patient dying because the closest emergency room is too far away, and are planning a march for this Sunday, April 7, they told us. The march will start in Red Hook and end at the hospital; it is being organized by the New York State Nurses Association and Local 1199.
Fight to Save LICH Heats Up [NY Daily News]
Activists Fund TV Ad to Help Save Long Island College Hospital [NY Post]
Execs Vote to Close Cobble Hill Hospital — Again [Brownstoner]